Folsom points — the successor to Clovis points — are smaller than Clovis points, more finely worked, and have flutes that typically extend much farther up the face of the point than Clovis flutes, sometimes running the full length of the point.

The skill required to produce Folsom points is, if anything, greater than that required for Clovis points — the longer, more delicate Folsom flutes are among the most technically demanding products of prehistoric stone knapping in the world.

The relationship between Clovis and Folsom is a topic of ongoing research and debate.

The two cultures are clearly connected — Folsom technology developed from or alongside Clovis technology, and there is genetic continuity between the two populations — but the specific nature of the transition and the degree to which Folsom represents a direct descendant tradition versus a parallel development from the same technological base is not fully resolved.

What is clear is that both Clovis and Folsom people were Native Americans — members of the founding population of the Americas, ancestral to the diverse Native American peoples of later prehistory and the present.